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I use textpad for searching and browsing source trees. Many of them, all over the network. It would be very handy if you could start textpad in the "Start in" folder of a windows shortcut if that field was set. A "Preferences" option perhaps.

Thank you.

For a long time (since Windows 98), I have used Textpad on a mixed Windows and unix network. I like to be able to double-click on any old file type and at least get it to open with Textpad. To do that, I have set the default action for unknown file types to Textpad. The out-of-the-box action for ...

MudGuard (several posts ago) said *to* use the dot. I have tried both and not seen any difference. I have also closed and re-opened all instances of textpad and the document classes are as I have set them. Let's face it, setting a filename without extension as a class member in a document class just ...

Thank you! That makes perfect sense, but I still can't get it to work. I defined "zzMakefile", still uses gnumake.syn, files in class still Makefile., Makefile.*, *.mak, *.mkf. Makefile.mak still gets highlit, Makefile does not. Changed zzMakefile class to only pick up Makefile., Makefile class to ...

I assume you're talking about the "files in class" column in the "Document Classes" branch of the Preferences dialog. Tried specifying "Makefile." instead of "Makefile". Made no difference. The file specifiers I am using are Makefile.*, *.mak, Makefile., and *.mkf. A file named "Makefile.lkj", for ...

Yes, the Makefile document class I have defines file specifiers for Makefile and *.mak. "AnyFileName.mak" is picked up, "Makefile" is not. I'm using gnumake.syn, but of course the file specification is in under "Configure/Preferences/Document Classes". The "how to customize document properties" help ...

I have a document class for makefiles, specified to makefile, makefile.*, and *.mak. Makefile.mak gets syntax highlighting, but Makefile does not. It would be handy if more general file specifiers than *.mak worked. Also, I am unable to find anywhere which document class is currently in effect, or ...

No, as a matter of fact, I don't want to run WGA because it's intrusive and obnoxious. I have a valid Windows install, I've been a textpad customer for several years, and I would like to be able to upgrade to v5. Do I assume correctly that, while Textpad v4 only requires the instmsi that comes with ...

Installshield appears to want instmsi30, and v2.0 comes with NT2k sp4.

v3.0 download wants me to run WGA (which I'm not about to do).

It appears that I will not be able to upgrade textpad beyond the v.4.7.whatever that I now have.

Does that seem accurate?

Thank you,
Tom Asbury